Tag: Signs

Closeup of woman's hand writing on paper over wooden table

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Author
Gary Varner
Date
September 23, 2023

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
aliens, Extraterrestrial life, Language, Movies and TV, science, Science fiction, Signs, theory of time, Time}

Arrival Review, Part 3

_{Investigating the meaning of time and language} _{Gary Varner

September 23, 2023

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Arts & Culture}

Arrival is a movie worth watching if you’re willing to not think about it too hard. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
December 10, 2018

Categorized
Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Animal Intelligence, Animal Minds, Designators, Featured, Language, Philosophy of Mind, Signals, Signs}

How is Human Language Different from Animal Signals?

_{What do we need from language that we cannot get from signals alone?} _{Michael Egnor

December 10, 2018

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Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

Language, which is the rule-based use of abstract designators, is essential for abstract thought because only designators can point to things that have no concrete physical existence. Only human beings think abstractly, and language is what makes abstract thought possible. Read More ›